representative of some of the messages that i got. these are some pretty smart letters from some pretty smart young people. hena, a third-grader, you can go ahead and wave. that's you. [laughter] hena wrote, i feel terrible for the parents who lost their children. i love my country, and i want everybody to be happy and safe. and then grant, go ahead and wave, grant. grant said, i think there should be some changes. we should learn from what happened at sandy hook. i feel really bad. and then julia said, julia, where are you? there you go. i'm not scared for my safety, i'm scared for others. i have four brothers and sisters and i know i would not be able to bear the thought of losing any of them.

and these are our kids. this is what they're thinking about. and so what we should be thinking about is our responsibility to care for them, and shield them from harm and give them the tools they need to grow up and do everything that they're capable of doing, not just to pursue their own dreams but to help build this country. this is our first task as a society. keeping our children safe. this is how we will be judged. and their voices should compel us to change. and that's why last month i asked joe to lead an effort along with members of my cabinet to come up with some concrete steps we can take right now to keep our children safe to help prevent mass shootings, to reduce the broader epidemic

of gun violence in this country. and we can't put this off any longer. just last thursday as tv networks were covering one of joe's meetings, on this topic, news broke of another school shooting, this one in california. in the month since 20 drend six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun. 900 in the past month. and every day we wait, that number will keep growing. so i'm putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joe's task force. and in the days ahead i

intend to use whatever weight this office holds to make them a reality. because while there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil, if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there is even one life that can be saved, then we have an obligation to try. i'm going to do my part. as soon as i'm finished speaking here, i will sit at that desk and i will sign a desk directive giving law enforcement schools, mental health professionals and the public health community some of the tools they need to help reduce gun violence. we will make it easier to keep guns out of the hands of criminals by

strengthening the background check system. we will help schools hire more resource officers if they want them and develop emergency preparedness plans. we will make sure mental health professionals know their options for reporting threats of violence, even as we acknowledge that someone with a mental illness is far more likely to be a victim of violent crime than the perpetrator. while year after year, those who oppose even modest gun safety measures, have threatened to defund scientific or medical research into the causes of gun violence, i will direct the centers for disease control to go ahead and study the best ways to reduce it. and congress should fund research into the effects that violent videogames have on young minds. we don't benefit from ignorance. we don't benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence.

these are a few of the 23 executive actions are announcing today but as important as these steps are they are in no way a substitute for action from members of congress. to make a real and lasting difference congress too must act and congress must act soon. and i'm calling on congress to pass some very specific prepare proposals right away. first it is time for congress to require a universal background check for anyone trying to buy a gun. [applause] the law already requires licensed gun dealers to run background checks and over the last 14 years that kept 1.5 million of the wrong people from getting their hands on a gun but it is hard to enforce that law

when as many as 40% of all gun purchases are conducted without a background check. that is not safe. that is not smart. that's not fair to responsible gun buyers or sellers. if you want to buy a gun, whether it is from a licensed dealer or a private seller, you should at least have to show you are not a felon or somebody legally prohibited from buying one. this is common sense. and an overwhelming of majority of americans agree with us on the need for universal background checks, including more than 70% of the national rifle association's members according to one survey. there is no reason we can't do this. second, congress should restore a ban on military-style assault weapons, and a 10-round limit for magazines. [applause]

the type of assault rifle used in aurora, for example, when paired with high-capacity magazines has one purpose, to pump out as many bullets as possible as quickly as possible. to do as much damage, using bullets often designed to inflict maximum damage. and that is what allowed the gunman in aurora to shoot 70 people, 70 people, killing 12 in a matter of minutes. weapons designed for the theater of war have no place in a movie theater. a majority of americans agree with us on this. and by the way, so did ronald reagan, one of the staunchest defenders of the second amendment, who wrote in 199 urging them, this is ronald reagan speaking, urging them to listen to the american public and to the law enforcement community

and support a ban on the further manufacturer of military-style assault weapons. [applause] finally congress needs to help rather than hinder law enforcement as it does its job. we should get tougher on people who buy guns, with the express purpose of turning around and selling them to criminals. and we should severely punish anybody who helps them do this. since congress hasn't confirmed a director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in six years, they should confirm todd jones, who will be, who has been acting and i will be nominating for the post. [applause] and at a time when budget cuts are forcing many communities to reduce their police force, we should put more comes back on the job,

and back on our streets. now let me be absolutely clear. like most americans i believe the second amendment guaranties an individual right to bear arms. i respect our strong tradition of gun ownership, and the rights of hunters and sportsmen. there are millions of responsible, law-abiding gun owners in america who cherish their right to bear arms for hunting or sport or for protection or collection. i also believe most gun owners agree that we can respect the second amendment while keeping an irresponsible law-breaking few from inflicting harm on a massive scale. i believe most of them agree that if america worked harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one that occurred in newtown. that is what these reforms

are designed to do. they're common sense measures. they have the support of the majority of the american people. and yet, that doesn't mean any of this is going to be easy to enact or implement. if it were we would already have universal background checks. the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines would never have been allowed to expire. more of our fellow americans might still be alive celebrating birthdays and anniversaries and graduations. this will be difficult. there will be pundits and politicians and special interest lobbyists, publicly warning of a tir rannal all-out assault on liberty. not because that is true but because they want to begin up fear or -- gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue for themselves. behind the scenes they will do everything they can to block any common sense reform and make sure nothing

changes whatsoever. the only way we will be able to change is if their audience, their constituents, their membership, says, this time must be different. that this time we must do something to protect our communities and our kids. i will put everything you've got into this and so will joe. but i tell you, the only way we can change is if the american people demand it. and by the way, that doesn't just mean from certain parts of the country. we're going to need voices in those areas in those congressional districts where the tradition of gun ownership is strong, to speak up, and to say this is important. it can't just be the usual suspects.

we have to examine ourselves and our hearts, and ask ourselves what is important? this will not happen unless the american people demand it. if parent and teachers, police officers, and pastors, if hunters and sportsmen, if nspole ibn ibnerner, if americans of every background stand up and say, enough, we suffered too much pain and care too much about our children to allow this to continue, then change will come. that's what it is going to take. you know in the letter that julia wrote me she said, i know that laws have to be passed by congress but i beg you to try very hard. julia, i will try very hard.

but she's right. the most important changes we can make depend on congressional action. they need to bring these proposals up for a vote, and the american people need to make sure that they do. get them on record. ask your member of congress if they support universal background checks to keep guns out of the wrong hands. ask them if they support renewing a ban on military assault weapons and high-capacity magazines? and if they say no, ask them why not? ask them what is more important? doing whatever it takes to get a a grade from the gun lobby, that funds their campaigns, or, giving parents some peace of mind when they drop their child off for first grade. [applause]

this is the land of the free and it always will be. as americans we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights that no man or government can take away from us. but we have also long recognized our our founders recognized with rights come responsibilities. along with our freedom to live our lives as we will comes an obligation to allow others to do the same. we don't live in isolation. we live in a society. a government of and by and for the people. we are responsible for each other. you know the right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to sikhs in oak creek, wisconsin. the right to assemble peacefully, that right was

denied shoppers in plakamus, oregon and moviegoers in aurora, colorado. that most fundamental right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, fundamental rights that were denied to college students at virginia tech and high school students at columbine and elementary school students in newtown. and kids on street corners in chicago, on too frequent a basis to tolerate. and all the families who never imagined they would lose a loved one to a bullet. those rights are at stake. we're responsible. and when i visited newtown last month, i spent private time with many of the families who lost their children that day, and, one was family of grace mcdonnell. grace's parents are here.

grace was 7 years old when she was struck down, just a gorgeous, caring, joyful little girl. i'm told she loved pink. she loved the beach. she dreamed of becoming a painter. and so just before i left chris, her father, gave me one of other paintings. and i hung it in my private study just off the oval office. and every time i look at that painting i think about grace. and i think about the life that she lived, and the life that lay ahead of her, and most of all, i think about how when it comes to proing most vulnerable among us, we must act now. for grace. for the 25 other innocent children and devoted educators who had so much left to give.

for the men and women in big cities and small towns who fall victims to senseless violence each and every day. for all the americans who are counting on us to keep them safe from harm. let's do the right thing. let's do the right thing for them, and for this country that we love so much. [applause] thank you. we'll sign these orders. bill: 33 days since sandy hook. this is frankly lightening speed for washington to move. the president with at least four young americans, at least three of them wrote letters to the white house. the president's plan includes in broad terms a universal background check. that is what he is proposing.

banning military assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. those with more than 10 bullets. making schools safer and increasing access to mental health services. he is now signing what amounts to 23 executive actions, but what is not clear is how much of what is proposed today must go through congress, and how much will be executed to the orders the president is signing now. for more on that, want to bring back my colleague wendell goler back at the white house, on the north lawn. wendell? >> reporter: bill, among the executive orders the president is signing one is a crackdown on people who lie on background checks for guns, tens of thousands are caught doing that every year. only a handful, and by a handful, i mean a dozen or so are prosecuted. the president will order the department of justice to crack down on people who lie on background checks. this is something that also has the support of the national rifle association. he will also order better distribution of mental health records by assuring

states that doing so does not violate the privacy rights of people. this aimed at making sure mentally unstable people don't have access to guns but the president, white house aides say this has to be a combination of things. you need congress to pass the proposals that you mentioned earlier. an assault weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and also universal background checks to deal with the 40% or so of guns that are sold now to people without any background check. and you need a change in the heart of a nation if you will, to somehow, as the white house sees it, trade, i don't want to say trade gun rights but recognize that there needs to be a balance of second amendment rights and reasonable security for people. the president also offering

more aid to schools that want to increase security there. but as he said, it is going to be a tough fight and he is going to need the support of people who are gun owners as well. bill? bill: wendell. thank you for that. wendell goler on the north lawn of the white house there. indeed a tough fight as wendell points out there. we will watch for, how congress receives this, or does not receive this. and, we will see. more touching moments like we watched there at the end with the parents of one of the students from sandy hook elementary were in the audience today. there in washington. stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story and certainly all the day's breaking news. of course we are online all the time at foxnews.com. i'm bill hemmer. good day from new york.

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skiing. one guy has become a little gun-shy, he's had a couple of hard falls. they need to help him along and get him back out there. they think maybe eshould just hold his hand. he's riding the rails. there's another guy holds his hands and takes him all the way down the rail. a lot of really cool tricks in this. this guy jumps off a jump and sticks his skis to a wall. comes back down -- >> he jumped right out of his skis and went down the railing on his boots. >> pretty talented dude. >> this is cool, they're using an urban setting to pull off all of these stunts, they're using stairs, railings, walls. >> you know he didn't spend $80 on a lift ticket, either. >> yeah. >> it looks like fun. >> this is bea and she is in tune town with her daddy and she's on a roller coaster. >> this is bea's first roller coaster ride, but her second ride, because she begged her

dad, please, take me on it again. >> she's terrified. >> she is terrified. she's got a look on her face, but watch, she makes it all the way through. >> she's scared and terrified and exhilarated and happy and upset all at once. >> dare i say, a roller coaster of emotions. >> yes. >> it's a roller coaster of love, like the song, because daddy, named jim says, when he first took her on it, they wanted to mention what kind of rides she can take because she's only two years old. but they said she liked it so much, please take me back on the roller coaster. so he said, i'm going to film it this time. >> you can see at the end, her eyes are kind of like glassy, like the tears were starting, but she overcame it. >> she loves it and hates it all at once. i think it's one of those things, it hurts, but it feels good when it takes her stomach. >> now she'll be riding roller coasters for life. i want you guys to close

your eyes, and tell me what you're hearing in this video. [ screaming ] >> loo like a horrifying blood-curdling scream. open your eyes, you'll see it's in fact a ravens fan celebrating the ravens' big overtime victory this past season in the afc divisional playoffs in overtime against the broncos. this guy is named keith and here he is celebrating ray rice's touchdown at the end. third quarter to tie the game we talked to keith. he said this is how he acts during these games. his wife, rachel said once of these times i'm going to videotape you so the world can see how ridiculous you act. [ screaming ] >> rolling on the ground, i don't know how you describe what he's doing. >> almost like a 2-year-old

pitching a fit. >> i like one of the youtube comments on the first video, it said, nice reaction, does it come in men's. in overtime, keith's dad is a big ravens' fan, too, and oftentimes during the game they'll call each other to sort of share their excitement! >> i can't believe that anybody stays in the house during a football game. i hope he shows emotion for other things in his life like when the kids bring home an a-plus report card. >> the ravens won the game, 38-35 in overtime. will face the new england patriots in the afc championship. ky only wonder what it will look like and sound like in the house that day. that's it for our show, thanks for joining us, we'll see you next time, everybody.